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Exploring the Past: Incredible Views of Center Market from the Smithsonian’s Site

Take a step back in time with these incredible views of Center Market from the Smithsonian's site. See the Old Post Office Pavilion in the background and the large wooden gate to the grounds of the Natural History Building in the foreground.
Washington, D.C., 1919. "Fourth of July tableau on the Ellipse -- 'Columbia,' 'Liberty' and dancers." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative.
Washington Star Building (1900)
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We are digging up all sorts of great images on the Smithsonian’s site. Here’s one near Center Market with a view of the Old Post Office Pavilion in the background.

View of the Center Market of Washington, D.C. from the north entrance of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, on October 16, 1909. There are horse-drawn carriages and carts, vendors, storefronts, and the Old Post Office is in background, center. In the foreground is the large wooden gate to the grounds of the Natural History Building and a small guard house next to it
View of the Center Market of Washington, D.C. from the north entrance of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, on October 16, 1909. There are horse-drawn carriages and carts, vendors, storefronts, and the Old Post Office is in background, center. In the foreground is the large wooden gate to the grounds of the Natural History Building and a small guard house next to it
view near Center Market
view near Center Market
view near Center Market
view near Center Market
view near Center Market
view near Center Market

 

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